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27.1; ediff assumes user's language is English

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Matthieu Dubuget <matthieu.dubuget <at> gmail.com>, 49808 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49808: 27.1; ediff assumes user's language is English
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2021 09:28:44 +0200

On Aug 01 2021, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> From: Matthieu Dubuget <matthieu.dubuget <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 12:55:34 +0200
>> 
>> 
>> When using Ediff with a non-English locale, errors returned by diff are
>> not recognized by Ediff.
>> 
>> When diff outputs a localized version of "\ No newline at end of file",
>> ediff do not recognize it and fails to display the differences.
>> 
>> See https://stackoverflow.com/q/9242651/3407924
>> and this post for a clear explanation of the problem:
>> https://stackoverflow.com/a/9244759/3407924
>
> The "usual" solution is to insert "LANG=C" into the envirnment before
> running the Diff program.

I don't think it is necessary to match on the text of that line, the
"\\" prefix should be enough.

Andreas.

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